Another definition relates Midgo to leather tanning and shoe-making, therefore more occupation-focused than genealogical; Madhibaan, despite its use as a derogatory term, etymologically alludes to “one who does not harm”; in other words, ...

The “Madhibaan” or lower casts, who together constitute some of the most industrious Somali or Abyssinian clans in the fold and who, under the degradations they endured amongst other clans in their society, can claim back whatever rights ...

16 In Somalia, being labeled as Madhibaan is equated with being a member of the untouchable caste in India.17 Although I never came across an informant who claimed to be Madhibaan or Somali Bantu, several informants claimed that I had ...